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Joni J Rathbun wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Ted Rosenberg wrote:
>
> >
> > My youngest daughter got tired of high school in 10th grade.  As her SAT's were
> > 1440 (in the beginning of 10th grade,) she simply took the bus to the local
> > community college and enrolled.  The only problem she had was the computer
> > didn't believe her birthday.  Despite the SAT's they had her take their own
> > entrance exam to be sure.
> > They then talked her into taking her GED's and she "aced them" with a 315.
> > Maryland gave her an Honors Diploma - which says nothing about GED on it, but
> > she put the GED on her Cirrocumuli Vita.  She then transferred to an extremely
> > prestigious college, with $30,000 of MERIT scholarships - she has since
> > received another $9,000 of merit scholarships.
>
> I tried this once but was told I couldn't get the GED until after my
> class had graduated. So my choice was ... wait until my class graduated
> then go do the GED or finish with my class. There were no colleges
> within commuting distance so I just finished it out.
>

You can get your GED as soon as you are out of  school -drop out, graduate, just OUT
any way you do it !  You do have to notify the LEA in writing that you are GONE
before you can apply for a GED.  In some states you have to be 16 to leave school,
Besides you don't NEED a GED.

Where are you that there are no community colleges around?  McMurdo Sound ??   Big
Dionamede Island ??? Fort Jefferson ??  Even THERE you can enroll in a distance
learning program.

> >
> > ALSO, anyone who wants to teach elementary or secondary school instead of
> > college can usually get a full scholarship by simply promising to teach for a
> > number of years.
> >
>
> In my experience, the way this works is:  If you teach in certain
> (predefined) low income, economically stressed or disadvantaged
> areas, so on and so forth, for a certain period of time, the government
> will forgive certain government loans. I think this little goodie is
> not well known. I certainly learned about it too late. Three new
> teachers working with me my first year were all on the program.
> I had no idea my home community was one that qualified. I could
> have taken loans instead of paying cash and had those loans paid
> off for me by the feds.  I don't know if the program still exists
> or not.

GEE, you better actually do some research on the subject.  Most states will pay ALL
tuition for ANYONE who agrees to be a teacher